Two new area codes to be introduced to the GTA

The GTA will welcome the area codes 437 and 365 Monday.

The next time Toronto rappers like Maestro and Drake pay homage to the city by shouting out the area code 416, they might want to include 437.

Toronto will welcome a new area code, 437, Monday. The move comes as the demand for cellphones and mobile devices has swelled, says the Telecommunication Alliance, a coalition of phone service providers.

The surrounding area served by 905 and 289, will get new phone numbers beginning with 365.

Twelve years ago the city introduced 647 and 289, but almost all of the numbers those area codes created were gulped up by growth in the region.

Telecommunication officials have already set aside another area code for Toronto, 387, which will be introduced when the need arises.

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